Judiciary of Kyrgyzstan
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The judicial system of Kyrgyzstan comprise a number of courts in a hierarchy: *
Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan The Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan is the highest court of appeal in the legal system of Kyrgyzstan. The Supreme Court also has supervisory powers over lower courts and, since the abolition of the Constitutional Court under the 2010 Constitution, dete ...
* Military Courts of Kyrgyzstan (until December 2016) *Appeal courts of second instance at the
oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of ...
level *Local courts of first instance. 78 of these existKyrgyzstan: The Challenge of Judicial Reform Crisis Group Asia Report N°150, 10 April 2008, p.3 In addition informal methods of dispute resolution judged by court elders (aksakals) exist outside of the formal legal hierarchy. The
Constitutional Court A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ...
was abolished with the adoption of the
2010 Constitution The Constitution of Kenya is the supreme lawof the Republic of Kenya. There have been three significant versions of the constitution, with the most recent redraft being enabled in 2010. The 2010 edition replaced the 1963 independence constitu ...
and its powers transferred to the Supreme Court.


See also

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Central Electoral Commission of Kyrgyzstan The Central Electoral Commission of Kyrgyzstan, officially the Central Commission on Elections and Referenda of the Kyrgyz Republic ( ky, Кыргыз республикасынын шайлоо жана референдум өткөрүү боюн ...
* Prosecutor's Office of Kyrgyzstan * Council for the Selection of Judges


References

Law of Kyrgyzstan {{Kyrgyzstan-gov-stub